idf_ping: Ping the Field-Database

In lsteinmann/idaifieldR: Importing Data from Field Desktop / iDAI.field into R

Ping the Field-Database

Description

This function checks if a connection to the Field Database can be established. It returns a boolean value indicating if the connection was successful or not. Warnings are used to indicate why the connection failed, if so.

Usage

idf_ping(conn)

Arguments

conn	An object that contains the connection settings, as returned by connect_idaifield().

Value

A boolean value indicating if the connection was successful (TRUE) or not (FALSE).

See Also

• Produce a Connection-Settings list with: connect_idaifield()

• Find all projects in the database with: idf_projects()

Examples

## Not run: 
# Establish a connection to the Field Database
conn <- connect_idaifield(ping = FALSE)

# Ping the Field Database
idf_ping(conn)

## End(Not run)

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